Popular baby names in Florida, 1934

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1934 were Mary for girls (787 babies) and James for boys (868). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,382 babies born in Florida in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1934

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rutha: 15 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Elouise: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Eloise: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mamie: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Ernestine: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Frankie: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nell: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leola: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maggie: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 52 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Moses: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Freddie: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Johnnie: 65 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Earnest: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Horace: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lonnie: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willie: 234 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	787	–	1
2	Betty	505	–	2
3	Barbara	375	↑1	3
4	Dorothy	327	↓1	5
5	Shirley	236	↑5	4
6	Patricia	193	–	6
7	Helen	168	–	9
8	Margaret	166	↓3	8
9	Martha	164	↑2	27
10	Frances	149	↑4	19
11	Annie	146	↓3	38
12	Joyce	143	↓3	12
13	Evelyn	134	↑8	29
14	Doris	131	↓2	11
15	Carolyn	128	↑3	33
16	Virginia	123	↑6	15
17	Elizabeth	112	↓4	18
18	Joan	112	↑6	7
19	Nancy	112	↑1	10
20	Mildred	109	↓3	35
21	Juanita	107	↑5	64
22	Gloria	105	↓3	30
23	Alice	102	↓7	25
24	Jean	101	↓1	16
25	Louise	90	–	40
26	Ruby	90	↑5	39
27	Catherine	88	↑17	42
28	Ruth	87	↓13	13
29	Norma	80	↓1	24
30	Edna	77	↓3	55
31	Thelma	76	↑7	65
32	Willie	73	↑1	>100
33	Lois	71	↓1	20
34	Peggy	70	↓4	36
35	Bernice	69	↑1	82
36	Geraldine	67	↑9	43
37	Sylvia	67	↑10	70
38	Ann	63	↑2	32
39	Gladys	63	↓2	66
40	Carol	62	new	14
41	Clara	62	↓6	76
42	Lillian	62	↓3	52
43	Marjorie	58	–	41
44	Sarah	58	↓15	67
45	Ida	56	↑5	>100
46	Rosa	55	↓4	>100
47	Marie	54	new	34
48	Edith	53	new	81
49	Rose	53	new	37
50	Emma	52	↓1	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	868	–	2
2	Robert	625	↑1	1
3	John	557	↓1	3
4	William	527	–	4
5	Charles	417	–	7
6	George	276	↑1	8
7	Willie	234	↓1	30
8	Richard	228	–	5
9	Thomas	217	↑1	9
10	Donald	215	↑1	6
11	David	185	↓2	12
12	Joseph	177	–	10
13	Henry	153	↑2	27
14	Edward	152	↓1	13
15	Kenneth	128	↑9	15
16	Walter	128	–	21
17	Frank	122	↓3	16
18	Jack	118	↑4	17
19	Harold	111	↓1	18
20	Joe	111	↓3	26
21	Billy	109	↑6	20
22	Raymond	106	↓1	19
23	Eugene	96	↓4	24
24	Ronald	91	↑7	11
25	Jerry	87	↑21	25
26	Bobby	86	↑2	23
27	Samuel	86	↑7	66
28	Ernest	85	↑9	51
29	Leroy	83	↑1	54
30	Albert	81	↓7	32
31	Paul	81	↓2	14
32	Ralph	81	↓7	31
33	Carl	79	↑2	28
34	Harry	79	↓1	36
35	Arthur	78	↓9	29
36	Jimmie	75	↑8	68
37	Franklin	72	↓17	46
38	Roy	72	↑12	35
39	Eddie	71	↑9	92
40	Clarence	70	↓8	45
41	Louis	69	↑1	40
42	Earl	68	↓1	41
43	Jimmy	68	↑4	56
44	Johnny	68	↑1	83
45	Johnnie	65	↓9	>100
46	Herbert	64	↓6	57
47	Clyde	56	new	84
48	Fred	56	↓9	33
49	Charlie	55	↓11	100
50	Howard	53	new	37

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